Vent apparatus for oil or other cans.



No. 756,373. PATRNTRD APR. 5.1904.

W. JOY-GR. y VRNT APPARATUS PoR OIL 0R OTHER GARS.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 13, 1903.

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Patented April 5,- 1904.

PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM JOYCE, OF NEW YORK, Y.

VENT APPARATUS FOR OIL OR OTHER CANS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of .Letters Patent No. 756,373, dated April5, 1904.

Original application led February 9, 1903, Serial No. 142,619. Dividedand this application filed May 13, 1903. Serial T0 all Liz/1,0171, itmay concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM JOYCE, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, and a resident of the borough of Manhattan, New York city, andState of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inVent Apparatus for Oil or other Cans, of

which the following is a specification.

My invention relates more particularly to cans to be used for volatileand dangerous fluidssuch as gasolene, naphtha, and the like-but may beemployed with cans for any iiuid to prevent accidental waste throughthespout or nozzle; and it consists of the improved automatically openingand closing apparatus hereinafter described, reference being made to theaccompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a top view of a canprovided with my improved vent apparatus withpart of the cover brokenout. Fig. 2 is a vertical section.

The top a o f the can-body A has a central depression Z), forming acatch-basin for any laterally-deflected liquid issuing from the nozzleof the faucet of the cask or other vessel from which the can is to befilled. In a central perforation c of this basin a ball-valve l or othersuitable valve is fitted to close from the under side, with asuitably-caged spring e for closing and adapted to yield and allow thevalve to open when the can is presented under and the valve is pressedagainst the nozzle or spout from which the can is to be replenished orwhen the spout or nozzle of a replenishingcan held in the hand ispressed against the valve, the can A being at rest.

The valve-opening will preferably be of suitable size for the nozzle ofthe replenishingfaucet to enter far enough to deliver the liquid withoutspilling; but in case of spilling or overiilling the can the catch-basinreceives the overflow and delivers it through the valveopening when thesupply is shut off and before the valve is permitted to close. The canis provided with the usual handle g on one side and the spout t on theopposite side.

For hermeticall'y closing the nozzle or spout of the can for protectionagainst escape of volatile and dangerous liquids or vapors and (Nomodel.)

for readily venting the can when it is desired to pour out the contentsor any part thereof I have provided` in the vertical plane of the handleg and spout It a tubular valve case or seat t', extending through thecan-body at y' from the inside and communicating with the nozzle andbeing open to the interior of the case to form the outlet from the canto the spout, and I have provided therewith a valve Z, the stem ofwhich, m, is connected with a tubular plunger n working in a tubularslideway 0, attached to the can-body directly opposite to the valvel andextending through it and the can-body, which is perforated coincidentlywith said slideway for allowing said plunger to reciprocate.

The outer extremity of the plunger n is plugged at p to prevent inlet ofair, and a suitable handle 7 is attached to said end for opening thevalve, said handle being, through the arrangement of the valve and itsstem in the vertical plane of the spout It and can-handle g, locatedwithin the field inscribed by the canhandle g, so that both handles areincluded in the grasp of the hand when taking up the can for use, andthe valve is thereby automatically opened for use by the act of liftingthe can, and the vent device is also automatically opened at the sametime. This device consists of one or more vent-openings s in the tubularplunger n, which open to the air at the end of slideway 0 when the valvel is opened.

A spring t is applied to the handle g and against the outer end of thevalve-stem plunger for automatically closing the valve when the userreleases the valve handle q, said spring being a suitable bow-shapedwire or plate adapted to be applied within the inscribed eld of thecan-handle, with one end soldered or riveted to the inside of the handlein the angle between the lower end of the handle and the side of thecan, with its free end bearing against the projecting end of the plungerp, where it is easy of access for adjustment and repair, and to said endthe handle q is attached, so that the iingers of the hand grasping thecan-handle will at the same time grasp the valve-handle on oppositesides of the valverod and open said valve.

In a can having the filler device and vent apparatus herein shown it isimportant tohave such drop of the iiller valve-cage'u and lsuchelevation of the vent-valve for the best arrangements of them, that theyinterfere with the use of a valve-stem extending directly across fromone side of the can to the other, wherefore I have made said stem in ayoke of two members, between which there is space permitting the drop ofthe cage below the level of the stem.

The special features of the iller apparatus are not claimed herein, saidapparatus being the subject of my pending application, Serial No.142,619, filed February 9, 1903, of which this is a divisionalapplication. v

What I claim as my invention is- The combination with the can having thespout and the handle on opposite sides in the same vertical plane, andvalve controlling the escape-passage through the spout, of the tubularslideway in the wall of the can opposite the spout, plugged tubular stemof the valve, and the vents in said tubular stem, said stem extendingthrough the .slidewayhandle on said stem adapted to be grasped bothsides of the stem together with the can-handle to open the valve andalso open the vent by the pull of the hand gripping the handle and thebowspring attached at one end to the handle in the angle between saidhandle and the side of the can and bearing at the other end against thevalve-stem. l

Signed at New York this 2d day of May, 1903.

WILLIAM JOYCE.

Witnessesz C. SEDGWICK, A. P. THAYER.

